EuroGeographics General Assembly, 17th - 19th March 2024, Sevilla, Spain
EuroGeographics General Assembly, 17th - 19th March 2024, Sevilla, Spain
Agenda - EuroGeographics General Assembly 2024
The 2024 EuroGeographics General Assembly is kindly organised and hosted by The National Geographic Institute Spain and supported by The General Directorate for the Cadastre.
The Association is governed by the Management Board and by the General Assembly of the Members. The Ordinary General Assembly meets once each year and shall vote on the coming year’s annual budget, elect the members of the Management Board as well as the President, approve any new member applications, and conduct other items of formal business as required by the Articles of Association. The General Assembly is also the Director General’s Knowledge Exchange. This year we are addressing the theme of Addressing global challenges with official geospatial data.
Papers for Formal Business of the Association – members only
- Management Board Report to the 2024 General Assembly (Paper 2.)
- EuroGeographics AISBL 2023 Accounts (Paper 3.)
- 2024 Operating Plan, Budget and Subscriptions (Paper 4.)
- Candidates for Management Board Members and the President (Paper 5.)
- Membership application (Paper 6.)
Background papers
- EuroGeographics Representation Strategy (Paper 7)
- EuroGeographics Sustainability Plan (Paper 8)
- Membership Strategy (Paper 9)
| Sunday 17th March | |
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| 16:00 - 19:00 | Opening of the Registration desk |
| 16:30 – 17:30 | Management Board meeting |
| 17:45 – 18:45 | Introduction of New Heads to the President of EuroGeographics |
| 19:00 | The General Assembly commences with a Welcome reception at the Hotel Barceló Sevilla Renacimiento (Dress code: Smart Casual) |
| Monday 18th March | ||
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| Item | Chair/Speakers | |
| 09:00 – 10:00 | Welcome & Opening of the General Assembly Welcome by the Host of the GA2024 Presentations from the host organisations |
Chair: Colin Bray, President EuroGeographics Lorenzo García, General Director National Geographic Institute Jesús Gómez, Deputy Minister Transport and Sustainable Mobility Fernando Serrano, Vocal Advisor Cadastre Emilio López, Director National Centre of Geographic Information |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Outline of Agenda and setting the scene Welcome to new Member Heads Introduction of Management Board and Presidential Candidates |
Sallie Payne-Snell, acting Secretary General & Executive Director |
| 10:15 – 10:20 | Host’s Notices and announcements | |
| 10:20 – 10:55 | Coffee (including conference photograph) | |
| 10:55 – 11:25 | Session 1 - Opening Keynote Keynote – The future of geospatial information – A German perspective |
Session introduction & Chair: Vilma Tomço, General Director ASIG Albania Prof. Dr. Paul Becker, President of Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG) Germany |
| 11:25 – 12:45 | Session 2 Geoespatial data addressing global challenges Keynote – Geospatial data for Disaster Repones Keynote – Geospatial data for the implementation of Climate Policy Keynote – The importance of in-situ data in Copernicus |
Session Introduction & Chair: David Henderson, UN-GGIM: Europe Co-Chair Toby Wicks, Chief Executive REACT Disaster Response Simon Kay, Dep Head of Unit DG CLIMA, European Commission José Miguel Rubio Iglesias, Copernicus, European Enviroment Agency |
| 12:45 – 12:50 | Host’s Notices and announcements | |
| 12:45 – 14:00 | Lunch | |
| Director General’s Knowledge Exchange – Parallel sessions | ||
| 14:00 – 15:45 | A Knowledge Buzz Roundtable discussion sessions: all members cover all topics
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Informal networking & member meetings Tables will be set up outside the conference rooms and refreshments will be available to provide an opportunity for informal meetings between members & EGHO and members & members. Area with arm chairs for informal / formal meetings and discussions Members can specifically meet with:
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| 15:30 – 16:15 | Coffee break & opportunity for member bi-lateral discussion | |
| 16:15 – 17:15 | Session 3: European Dataspaces Keynote – The Green Deal Dataspace < /br> Interactive Panel session |
Facilitator: Ingrid Vanden Berghe, Director General, NGI Belgium Sotirios Kanellopoulos DG Environment – online presentation Panellists:
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| 17:10 – 17:15 | Host’s Notices and announcements | |
| 17:15 | Close | |
| 18:30 | Formal Conference Dinner – 18:30 departure from the hotel to the boat at Guadalquivir channel, dinner at Abades Triana, (transfer back by buses) (Dress code: Formal) |
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| Tuesday 19th March | ||
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| Item | Chair/Speakers | |
| 09:00 – 09:10 | Welcome to Day2 | Sallie Payne-Snell, acting Secretary General & Executive Director |
| 09:10 – 09:30 | Session 4: Artificial Intelligence Keynote – The governance of AI |
Session introduction: Pier-Giorgio Zaccheddu, EuroGeographics Management Board Gianluca Misuraca, International Policy Advisor on Digital Governance, Technology Diplomacy, Strategic Foresight and Social Innovation |
| 09:30 – 10:30 | Session 5: Technology and Innovation
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Chair: Denis Tabučić, EuroGeographics Management Board Charalampos Tsitlakidis, Head of Sector for Destination Earth, DG CNECT Francesco Pignatelli, Strategic Advisor @ Digital Economy Unit, JRC - European Commission Nicolas Paparoditis, Deputy Director, IGN France |
| 10:30 – 11:15 | Session 6: Interactive Panel Discussion – Embracing technology | Facilitator: Marta Nagy-Rothengass, Eurostat (TBC)< /br>
Panellists:
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| 11:15 – 11:40 | Coffee | |
| 11:40 – 12:55 | Session 7: Long Term Sustainability of official geospatial data (Papers 7. & 8.) Sustainability of the EuroGeographics data strategy OME2 demonstration Interactive Panel session |
Session Introduction & Facilitator: Colin Bray, President EuroGeographics Angela Baker, Head of Partnerships & Sustainability and Carol Agius Head of Representation & Stakeholder Management, EuroGeographics Victoria Persson, Project Manager – Data Access & Integration Panellists:
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| 12:55 – 13:00 | Host’s Notices and announcements | |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Lunch | |
| Closed Members Session - Formal Business of EuroGeographics AISBL | ||
| 14:30 – 14:45 | Management Board Report to the General Assembly (Paper 2) | Colin Bray, President EuroGeographics |
| 14:45 – 15:35 | Formal Business EuroGeographics AISBL 2023 Accounts(Paper 3) Vote to approve the EuroGeographics AISBL 2022 accounts and discharge of the administrators The 2024 Operating Plan and Budget(Paper 4) Vote to approve EuroGeographics 2024 Operating Plan Vote to approve the 2024 Budget Election of Management Board members(Paper 5) Vote to elect Management Board members Approve the Membership Application of the Faroe Islands(Paper 6) Vote to elect Management Board members |
Chair: Colin Bray, President EuroGeographics Paper 3: Martin Salzmann, EuroGeographics Treasurer Paper 4: Sallie Payne-Snell, acting Secretary General & Executive Director, EuroGeographics Martin Salzmann, EuroGeographics Treasurer Paper 5: Sallie Payne-Snell, acting Secretary General & Executive Director, EuroGeographics Paper 6: Sallie Payne-Snell, acting Secretary General & Executive Director, EuroGeographics |
| 15:35 – 16:05 | Coffee | |
| 16:05 – 16:15 | Results of the votes and election of Management Board Members (Paper 5) Election of the President Vote to elect the President |
Sallie Payne-Snell, acting Secretary General & Executive Director, EuroGeographics |
| 16:15 – 16:30 | Looking forward to 2025 | Col. Martins Liberts, Latvian Geospatial Information Agency |
| 16:30 – 16:55 | Conclusions of the 2024 General Assembly Result of the election of the President Close of the 2024 General Assembly |
Sallie Payne-Snell, acting Secretary General & Executive Director, EuroGeographics President of EuroGeographics |
| 16:55 – 17:00 | Host’s Notices and announcements | |
| 17:00 | Close | |
| 17:05-17:30 | Management Board Meeting | |
| 18:30 | Cultural Evening and Formal Dinner 18.30 Departure from Hotel by buses, guided tour ending at the Casa Guardiola restaurant, welcome cocktail/tapas, flamenco show followed by a seated dinner, 22.30 transfer to hotel by buses (Dress code: smart casual) |
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